Tag Archives: telecommunications law and regulation
Comparative law: chalk and cheese
On the same day as the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a ban on BlackBerry Messenger, E-Mail and Web-browsing services from 11 October 2010, the Emirates News Agency (ENA) published a comparative law paper … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
You shall use ADR
There has been some reporting in the UK of a recent decision of the Court of Justice in Luxembourg on the legality of mandatory out-of-court settlement procedures for electronic communications disputes in the Joined Cases C-317/08, C-319/08 and C-320/08 Rosalba … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
ICLG: Telecommunication Laws 2010
A small plug for our contribution to the 3rd edition of the International Comparative Guide to Telecommunication Laws 2010. We drafted the chapter on Bahrain, which will shortly be available on the ICLG website. Until it is published, contact us … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
ADR Terms of Reference for Communications Providers
Article 20(1) of the Framework Directive 2002/21/EC requires national regulatory authorities (“NRAs”) of member states to issue binding decisions to resolve certain regulatory disputes between communications providers. However, Article 20(2) permits member states to make provisions for NRAs to decline … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Telecoms Regulation
HADOPI 2: an update
We’ve been alerted via Twitter (HT @clarinette02) to another problem with HADOPI 2. This is described in a recent French online journal article (Hadopi : condamné à ne pas changer d’opérateur télécom). In essence, it seems that if a customer … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
HADOPI II – Danger internautes
It is not often that we resurrect our GCSE/O Level French (or bug our bi- or tri-lingual colleagues – thank you Elora and Emanuela) to read a French language statute, but HADOPI II is an exception. This is the French … Continue reading
Filed under Intellectual Property, Telecoms Regulation
Telecommunications Law and Regulation
A plug for the Third Edition of Telecommunications Law and Regulation. Our contribution is limited to one chapter, which we hope you’ll find useful as an introduction into telecommunications technology for non-techies. (£95.00 from all good bookshops ISBN 978-0-19-955935-0). There’s lots of … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
Andrew Sharpe
